THE FRANKLIN TIMES 1. f. JOHNSON, Editor an* Manager On? Year ? I1W Months 1 00 Six Month* 7? t'aur Months ? . ? *0 CTo -. n Artverti in ; Rfpreicntattvp THC. AMER" \SSOC! -\TlON Entered at the Foal. Office at ^Louis burg. N. C., as secon^ cTass matters With fflfl eu'epih'm tLe txp*.ndi ture for the paved streets, the town of Louisburg has net published a state ment of its expenditures since 191$. Is a man. who refused to (to what the law says he shall do either by act or neglect, a fit person to have in trust the expenditures of the public funds? ? Talk Ahout the cost of having the towns statements printed Is too great Why the -town has not spent but $105 in seven years for this purpose. ]?o you call that expensive. It wouldn't be a bad idea for Louis-_ burg to have one or two ladies on the Board of Town Commissioners. It would be a recognition of their new franchisement and no doubt be of gTeat benefit to the town. When a person's life has become so ! base that he can. jest and ridicule an- 1 other person for making professions , of faith in Jesus Christ, then it is high time for him to be donning the ; sack cloth and ashes and seeking di-> i vine forgiveness on humbly bended knees. How can the people of Louisburg ; determine who has made efficient of- j ficers?^ The only thing that is risible to them is the paved streets and the new machinery at the power house. They have no information whatever ' of the wise or unwise spending of ! dollars each year? The voters of Louisburg should de^ roand of every candidate for office in ' the coming town primary a published j publish at once and at least annually J thereafter a statement of receipts and , - disburscmonto of Uae ? town, and HE those who are opposed to such publi- . cation should be defeated. | It ia . unreasonable to expect the taxpayers of Louisburg wno want to know what becomes of the town's moaey, to go to the Clerk's office and ask the Clerk. ? It ? would ? take ? too much of his time, besides the average man wants to scam such. Information , at times when the office ? is ? closed. I Again to adopt that system, eren if it ' would work would cost the town ten to twenty tlmrn what IT wr|miri r.i have it printed. 1 ? - ? o THE TOWN PRIMARY. , j Mayor Joyner has issued a call for the primary for the Town of Louis burg to be held on Tuesday. April 12 for the purpose of nominating a May or and a Board of Six Commissioners for the ensuing two years. It will be .interesting to note that in hjs ap pointments for registrar and/poll hol ders the Mayor has recognized the right and privilege of the' feminine sex by appointing Miss Gladys Yiwk to one of these positions. This ac tion on the part of Mayor Joyner will no doubt meet with general favor. And in it is suggested a new respon sibility and a new duty. Heretofore the ladies of Louisburg hare had no opportunity to take a part in the se lection of the officers wiio were to govern the town and had a perfect right to cnAtiiise the actions of the * officials when they were not in keep ing with their ideas. Under the new order it is just as much the duty of the women to attend the primary and assist in selecting the officers who will govern I?uisburg the next two years as it is the duty of the men. And it is to be hoped tnat they will recognize the importance of this duty and exercise their franchise. The responsibility now rests largely on the ladies for advancement. The men have been tried and ;;ieir record ip made. Of course we have no ladies who will allow prejudice or friendship to replace their better judgment, but on the other hand all of them will join in the strongest kind of condemnation of such weakness. If in the judgment of the ladi s of I/OuJsburg the ones who will stand for the best there is in government morally, spiritually, legally and oth erwise. are not candidates then it is their duty to find the right ones and use their influence towards their elec tion . None of us question the good judg ment or civic Interest of our ladles and we can safely expect a winning ticket from the primary. WHAT WILL IT LEAD TO. That the Bteam roller In Franklin County politicals being applied eff^c- 1 tlveiy In evidenced by trie Beveral oc- ] cufrencea that have taKen place re csatly, which have served to defeat j |1)4 wiahea of the voter* of the coiin- | ty and bring about arbitrary covera- i ment and InconRlstenciea tbat are not oily unwarranted but, if reporta are Mm, are unjust to the taxpayers of Oonnty. and produces cir tttosUintlal evidence that Instead of lift regularly elected officials that the tOtors selected to conduct the affair* of -the county a little coterie of cltl a*1 is are manipulating the county af fitrs to stilt themselves and their con Hi itoacM. To begin with the salar |tfl of the offices were increased with pM the consent, or courteey of consul UUon of %b? voters, or of the Coraftnis iluuCrS, I'flU! burdeu !o the taxpayers. The mx t step cripple, or to show their antagonism to. the board of County Commissioners by repealing that por tion of the increased salaries bill al lowing the Commissioners extra pay for co nominee work. Following this the powgiw i'f tlie CumuiiasiumM s mtti out their knowledge or consent, were takjen away from those elected by the people and usurped into the office of ?Viiriifnr rpppnling that portion of the old salary law* that required the audi tor to compute the taxes and make up the tax books, allowing this to go Lack under the old system to the Reg ister of Deeds. Again on February meeting and among other things, all ? of which in their opinion they were do ang f"r thf" hl**r jntenatt thp m-r, | payers and in accordance with law', they made a change in the personnel | of the lx)uisl>urg township road trus tees and agreed to sell a piece of land lull the banks of Tar Kiver belonging 1 'lif '"'llliv ThuT hfts never turned fn any revenue for $500 ? at the rate 'of about $7,000 per acre. This meet ing *as held illegal. Evidently an 'obstruction for the desired ends of | thp fpw ? XiwteP# on the first Mon I required to re1- enact their former or der to make it valid. The action on 'the Trusteeship was re-enacted find | the Commissioners were Trlrnncd | week' "another called meeting was held 'and when -called ta_ order in the fore noon all members were present eX~ jcept Wilder. Commissioner Hudson stated as the former special meeting was held illegal afid as he had re ceived no legal notice of this meeting he did not consider it* a legal meet ing. and that in addition he was op posed to selling $50,000 worth of County bonds without advertising them and giving the public an oppor tunity to bid on same. Mr. Hudson refusing Co give over in his position the Board adjourned tor about two hours so that Commissioner Wilder could be sent for. After Mr. Wilder arrived it developed that he had re ceived no notice, and the Chairman stated during the day that he had call ed no meeting. This meeting was held sufficiently legal to sell $50,000 of the County's bridge $onds without any publicity whatever. although the Board, so we are Informed, had order ed them advertised at a meeting held in January, and at a price, so we are informed of $500 lees than another concern offered, whoi were waiting to see the bonds advertiser. There is no doubt that the County needed the money and possibly a sale -of- fcrtmds ? properly ? advertiacd ? weu Id nave neen tne proper course tor the Commissioners. But for a Board to sell $50,000 worth of bonds privately is nothing less than the usurpation of a power uajualiy given, it glVgp ail, and should be foreign advice for any one to give much less Tor anyone to tafce On the other hand It it waft 11 legal to remove a road trustee or make a $500 land deal that would mean concerting a liability into an asset, at a special meeting how ta the name of common Justice can a'nv one get an excuse to put a burden of TSQ.Oflfl on tqp taxpayers .at a private" sale in such a special meeting. 1 J the entire amount involved in the first special meeting had represented a fraud it could not have been an equal burden to a $50,000 bond issue that represents a mortgage on every mans land in Franklin County, and which the land owners will be called on in a special""tax to pay off. and from our information would not equal the loss the county sustained bv reason of the private sale. Commissioner Hudson 'le: c*rves the commendation of all the taxpayers in Franklin County, for] laying aside friendship and standing firm in what he considered his duty ! to his people, and while the people; are assembled in a ma.ss meeting ne* Saturday to consider some chan- j ges in the revaluation they should al- i so condemn the psactices that are be ing forced upon th* people by the few who are running things to suit them- 1 selves, the public int*re?t be hanged. The Invisible government at Wash ington City that has received so much comment recently, and commanded the attention of Congress, has noth ing on Franklin County. Unless the people assert their sovereignty and repudiate such actions on the part of the few self constituted guardians of Franklin County there is no telline just how far this influence will go. or into what condition it will place you and your County. ratteit On Friday of last TAKK TIME TO BE RI4>IIT. "Tafof-iime to be right" should be j the watch word of the Hoard c?f Coun ty Corftmision*'rs on Monday. April 4th, when they will be required to take under consideration the opera tion of the revaluation cct . If we understand the law. the Board will be required first to determine whether the land values for. taxes are suffic iently unequal to justify a new valu ation. fithpr In the County as a whole or in any township. As we under stand It this doesj not mean that, the Commissioner* are to consider at all the question of whether the land as a whole is valued too high or too low. but only refers to the Injustice of one man's land being valued higher than that of his neghhor and this in suffic ient numbers of cases to make it cheaper to the cdunty to revalue all land. The question or Franklin Co unty's land being valued higher or I lower than Vance. Nash or any other i county In the State Is not a conslder [ation at this meeting because of the | fact that Franklin (Aunty's land or i personal property will pay no tax I that will go outside the County, j Therefore it Ib entirely a local que*-' ftion pure and simple* and only nerm . sltates the equalizing Inequalities where they exist. Of course If the I Board finds that there Is sufficient In equalities to justify a new valuation 'why they should order ft. But be fore they do there are several mat ters* that should command their at tention. which we will call to mind as we go along. If they do not find suf . inequttU* '*** jnMiify a lit Jfc i valuation then they may procwl U) 1 hear complaints of private cltiseuti as to the individual inequalities and make such adjustment as they see tit. The law lays down the proper course | to be followed in each case and will 4 no doubt be clear enough to the sev ,eral members. Howovur Uu ro m llnng that t? of? the gravest importance for the I Commissioners to bear 111 mind and that is the amount of money you will ^need to ruu the government of the [County. There is no excuse Co re duce taxes to a point that will force I you to issue bonds to uike care of .the amount of the County's expense j that the taxes fail to meet. Then you will feme mbe r that the cost jof government will be least $5,000 ?more in 1921 ttran it was in 1920. In {order to be able u> HUeWyentlv tyou should know how much money you will need to run the County the Irtext twelve months and provide for ; this amount with taxes instead of ?notes ami bonds r -To this preparati on should be added the additional in ! formation to what limit you can put (the tax rate. This is the second im jportajit question gentlemen and you should know just how far you can go ' legally. Uist year your rate fnr The County was as follows: General pur pose ^ cents; Bridge 7 cents; Poor ? ou me a cent-s levied lor School buil ding fund. The latter item. We are not sure but is entitled "to be levied law u ep^rlal t n y rind would nnt ha of. ,fected by the Constitutional limitati on. But if our understanding and our information is correct all the oth er items^are effected by the Constitu tional limitation and will have to be | levied in accordance therewith this year. At the election in November a Constitutional amendment was ratlfl ed reducing the Constitutional limit for taxes to 15 cents frOm^the- old limitation of 66 2-3 cents, and is now law. This amendment only changed the figures in the constitution, there fore the same application stands. ? Under the old system the State and County together for general purpose, poor" bridges and schools, except wh ere special taxes were voted by the people, could only levy 66 2-3 cents on property, therefore under the new limitation they can only levy 15 cents . "In support of Thisidwril one time Franklin County levied a rate 2 rate and although the private indi viduals paid It, the railroads raised the question of its constitutionality that amount. | ? Utie State h? levied no lax this year the County will be allowed ? H> levy the full 15 cents, and possibly may be permitted to levy in addition a tax sufficient to take care of the obtstandlng bridge bonds that were permitted to be issued as a necessary improvement. But otherwise there; is hardly any question but that* the twttfu wn? oe iorcea to stay ^^wkbin " the 15 cent limit. " - w| j Ndw stnee the titt 16 vy on iSSStrnw enl values fur 1920 was 30 ccfttfrnnfi proven to be insufficient to take care of the County's needs, an"d th'at the 15 centd-^-less than half of that of last year? can you afford to reduce the values of property? 1 Then again isn't it reasonable that if the County takes the position that ; real property has dcreased in value twenty-five per cent since January ( 11*19. that the public will have a rea sonable excuse to consider that per sonal property has decreased in a like proportion, and won't it be an in lucement to the fellow who has mo ney, or papers representing money. , to withhold it more than ever on "the grounds that land and other personal property, in his opinion, is not pay ing their proportional part of the laxes. Hasn't the fellow who owns money and bonds or mortgages and e personal property just a3 much right to his opinion that tax values on land! are not equal to the' tax values on his I property as the fellow who owns land j h.as to the reverse idea. This is a| question, gentlemen that has three J sides, two of which contain about j equal fighting ground. Hut the Third.1 'that of the Commissioners, who haVe the burden of the government to bear, is greater than both the others toge- ! tfcer. Therefore we say to you" to I look deeply into this question and be Irure of your position before you act. ' | Take Time to be Right. | and IN MEMORY Mrs. Kate White was born M.iy 1st, 1*53. and was called- away to her Heavenly home March 11th. 1S21. I She was a member of the Moth >dlst Church at Itunn and we feel that the church has lost one of its most deep ly consecrated members. While slve was unable to attend services sh' was always interested in the church. I have been by her bedside a number of times and was forceably impressed by her life as one of obedience to Gods will. Though she was confined to her home her influence was great, for one could not look into her face without seeing and feeling tlie love of (iod. Her life was not a barren fig tree by the wayside but one that God hacl pruned with his own hand that it might bring forth an abun dance of fruit. Sho bore her suffer frig for a number of years with a ?m ile. realizing Gods promises was *uf fleient for her. She leaves thre?- ch ildren and one sister to mourn her death . The funeral service was conclmtad by her pastor at the family burying ground at Bunn. May God comfort and sustain the sorrowing ones ;und help them that they may so live that they may meet her again.' E. R. CLEGO. Pastor. To the woman who hasn't a cook It Is at least a satisfaction to know that she is her own boss. ? Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal; If a woman Is heartless It Is the fault of some man. 1 1 W. BOKI\(>, u wfll .to-do kaiiMi> fanner, *uj s he has tt"ined t*eut} pounds and Is lu. better teener*! heaUJi thau he hus ; j>ince Teniae has overcome niy In weight and am in better general health than for years past," was the straight-forward statement made a few days ago by H. W. Borlngfa pro minent and well-to-do farmer living at Overland Park, Kans. I "During the two years I suffered I tried Everything I knew of to get re lief. but nothing seemed to_reach my case until I tried --Tan lac . My appe tite was poor and my digestion was so bad I could hardly retain my food. Nothing seemed to agree with me; in fact. I was almost a confirmed, dys peptic. My whole system seemed to be out of shape. I would have pains across the small of my back so bad at times I could hardly move around. "My nerves were all unBtrung and I would become upBet at the least llt tle thing r I seldom slept ? well at night and finally, became bo weak and run-down that I lost weight rapidly..., I was-ftteo troubled a great deal with catarrh and of mornings had to spend a half hour or more clearTng up my head* : "This is just the condition I was in when I began taking Tan lac and it certainly has boa a a blagging to ro?. It Just seemed to be made especially for my case. I Improved from the first. My digestion now . la perfect and regardlesB of what I eat I never suffer any bad after-effects. "The pains across my back have en tlrely disappeared. The catarrh has PSK ?5 too, and my lmml U pm fatal j clear. I am no longer nervous and rest well at njght. I have regained my lost weight and am fooling batter and Btronger than I have in years.- 1 am going to keep Tanlac In my house Tanlac is sold in Louisburg by SCQGGIN DRUG CO. Adv; j ! FOR MAYOR. To the Citizens of Louisburg: In announcing that I shall be a candidate to succeed myself in the j April primary I wish to bespeak your support and to make grateful ac- j knowlcdgement of your confidence in the past; promising to merit your con- 1 Untied approval by a conscientious 1 performance of the duties Imposed in | me . 1 ? LOUIS- L, JOYNER. March 23rd, 1921. 3-25-t.p. | o CHOPS AM) ACREAGE FOR 1921 The Vital Question of the .^foment Presents a firtat Opportunity for Southern Merchants. The opinion seems general that pr osperity in the South this year and next hinges on the acreage planted to cotton and tobacco this spring. The situation is well covered in the following letter recently issued by John M. Miller. Jr.. President of The First National Bank of Richmond. Va I "In our .Judgment the cotton and! I tobacco already on hand In this coun I try together with "NOT OVER a half I | crop for the coming year, Is all that the world will be able to purchase [ and pay for at reasonable prices, j "If large. crops of cotton and to bacco are planted this Spring it will ! .result in continued low prices, and' jeven lower prfres during the Fall and .Winter of 1921. "Acreage planted to those crops. SHOULD NOT EXCEED one-half of last year's acreage, and MORE feed , and food crops should be planted to] avoid sending millions of dollars away from home for feed and food. ! "Our course will be to confine our loans to banks, supply merchants, etc.. Insisting upon the above policy and practice, in their reBp??ctlve^om munltles. I "We Invite eo-opefatlon and corres pondence from our banks and other i customers on this subject." 1 The situation Is one that calls for Immediate and forceful presentation ! of the above farts to southern farm [ers. The merchants of the South can do this to better advantage than any other one class of buslnetis men be cause of close personal contact. You can discuss the matter tn alj Its ph ase* with the business farmers of yo tir community and secure their co operation, realizing that the proper handling of the 1921 farm crop ques tion Is a necessary factor In the qu ick recovery of business and a vital feature of the South's future prosper ity r? Richmond Trade News. t ? w Tta QaMac TW? llw, not Affect Tkc H